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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1892
Page
4
A tender reminiscence as a speaker recalls comforting a neighbor's child and the inner ache of weighing loss and empathy. The poem weaves intimate sorrow with the call for endurance and shared grief across a quiet, domestic scene.
In a rural tale from Youths Companion, Deacon Ellis endures loss after loss yet keeps faith. A charitable neighbor helps after a cow dies and later a daughter, with his corn thriving despite wheat failure. The church unites to lift the mortgage as he prays, and he ends with gratitude, echoing the hymn “Here I raise mine Ebenezer.”
A Boston Transcript tale tells how a one legged newsboy on a Fourth Avenue car lent General Swayne a nickel to ride home. The act moved the general to repay with interest, but the boy died before repayment, leaving his mother and younger brothers who benefited from the gesture.
A fragmented instruction advises cleaning the tool in grease, applying a very thin beeswax layer where the name will be, then using a sharp needle to write through the wax to the sigel Paint curacy and then washing. The text is garbled and unclear about final steps or safety.
A Detroit Free Press writer converses with a telegraph operator about the power and speed of the wires. The operator explains the quick flashes and hot messages during exciting events, then abruptly swears at the machine and leaves.
A Paris criminal court arraigned a woman for pouring molten lead into her sleeping husband’s ear. The defense argued the act impossible due to instant pain, so two doctors tested the theory by pouring molten lead into two sleeping dogs, which suffered fatal agony. The Chicago Herald condemns the cruelty and questions legal culpability.
A collage of quips and ad like snippets jokes and claims. Mentions of collars overcoats rheumatic complaints and cures including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Browning Bronchial Traches with scattered notes on shoulder braces eyedrop remedies and a Buffalo home college course reference. Various names appear in fragmented fashion.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant and effective remedy for kidneys, bowels, colds, headaches, fevers, and constipation. It claims rapid relief, pleasant taste, and widespread availability in 50c and $1 bottles through leading druggists. Do not accept substitutes. California Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Louisville Atlanta.
A Edom Texas farmer touts German Syrup as the best cure for sore throat coughs colds hoarseness chest pains and spitting blood after six years of use. He notes local weather changes trigger fewer colds in families using the remedy and references caution about claims of curing consumption while promoting careful living and Scott’s Emulsion as a helpful addition. The ad cites Scott & Bowne New York and stockists nationwide.
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